EP0970455A4 - Monitor tag with patch antenna - Google Patents

Monitor tag with patch antenna

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Publication number: EP0970455A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: patch antenna; monitor tag; tag; monitor; patch
Prior art date: 1997-03-24
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP98911577A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP0970455B1 (en

EP0970455A1 (en

Inventor

Warren E Guthrie

Thomas E Szmurlo

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Northrop Grumman Corp

Original Assignee

Northrop Grumman Corp

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1997-03-24

Filing date

1998-03-11

Publication date

2001-01-24

1998-03-11 Application filed by Northrop Grumman Corp filed Critical Northrop Grumman Corp

2000-01-12 Publication of EP0970455A1 publication Critical patent/EP0970455A1/en

2001-01-24 Publication of EP0970455A4 publication Critical patent/EP0970455A4/en

2005-02-09 Application granted granted Critical

2005-02-09 Publication of EP0970455B1 publication Critical patent/EP0970455B1/en

2018-03-11 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
- H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
- H01Q1/12—Supports; Mounting means
- H01Q1/22—Supports; Mounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles
- H01Q1/2208—Supports; Mounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles associated with components used in interrogation type services, i.e. in systems for information exchange between an interrogator/reader and a tag/transponder, e.g. in Radio Frequency Identification [RFID] systems
- H01Q1/2225—Supports; Mounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles associated with components used in interrogation type services, i.e. in systems for information exchange between an interrogator/reader and a tag/transponder, e.g. in Radio Frequency Identification [RFID] systems used in active tags, i.e. provided with its own power source or in passive tags, i.e. deriving power from RF signal
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
- H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
- H01Q1/27—Adaptation for use in or on movable bodies
- H01Q1/273—Adaptation for carrying or wearing by persons or animals
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
- H01Q9/00—Electrically-short antennas having dimensions not more than twice the operating wavelength and consisting of conductive active radiating elements
- H01Q9/04—Resonant antennas
- H01Q9/0407—Substantially flat resonant element parallel to ground plane, e.g. patch antenna
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
- H01Q9/00—Electrically-short antennas having dimensions not more than twice the operating wavelength and consisting of conductive active radiating elements
- H01Q9/04—Resonant antennas
- H01Q9/0407—Substantially flat resonant element parallel to ground plane, e.g. patch antenna
- H01Q9/0421—Substantially flat resonant element parallel to ground plane, e.g. patch antenna with a shorting wall or a shorting pin at one end of the element

EP98911577A 1997-03-24 1998-03-11 Monitor tag with patch antenna Expired - Lifetime EP0970455B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US08/822,748 US6049278A (en)	1997-03-24	1997-03-24	Monitor tag with patch antenna
US822748		1997-03-24
PCT/US1998/004770 WO1998043217A1 (en)	1997-03-24	1998-03-11	Monitor tag with patch antenna

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0970455A1 EP0970455A1 (en)	2000-01-12
EP0970455A4 true EP0970455A4 (en)	2001-01-24
EP0970455B1 EP0970455B1 (en)	2005-02-09

Family

ID=25236867

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP98911577A Expired - Lifetime EP0970455B1 (en)	1997-03-24	1998-03-11	Monitor tag with patch antenna

Country Status (4)

Country	Link
US (1)	US6049278A (en)
EP (1)	EP0970455B1 (en)
DE (1)	DE69828957T2 (en)
WO (1)	WO1998043217A1 (en)

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EP0970455B1 (en)	2005-02-09
DE69828957T2 (en)	2006-03-30
US6049278A (en)	2000-04-11
DE69828957D1 (en)	2005-03-17
EP0970455A1 (en)	2000-01-12
WO1998043217A1 (en)	1998-10-01

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